http://www.ebaypartnernetworkblog.com/en/hints-and-tips/roeye-guest-blog-post-taking-the-plunge-into-the-api/ The eBay Partner Network Blog Keeps You Up To Date With the eBay Affiliate Program Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:17:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.ebaypartnernetworkblog.com/en/hints-and-tips/roeye-guest-blog-post-taking-the-plunge-into-the-api/comment-page-1/#comment-631 helios825 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:41:18 +0000 http://www.ebaypartnernetworkblog.com/en/?p=846#comment-631 A neat fact which people may not realize is that technically you can quickly use the eBay API, as a demo, proof of concept, or personal lookup tool, *without* doing any real programming. Once you register with eBay Developer to get your free API keyset, you can actually learn to build an entire Shopping API call into 1 single URL (like, in Notepad or Word) and simply paste it into your browser to get live eBay data as a response. I do it all the time to grab data on the fly for my own quick research/lookup purposes. The API call in the "step by step guide" link above includes such a URL API call. While the result's not immediately ready for web display, it's a great real-life example to demonstrate how to access the eBay API for beginners. A neat fact which people may not realize is that technically you can quickly use the eBay API, as a demo, proof of concept, or personal lookup tool, *without* doing any real programming. Once you register with eBay Developer to get your free API keyset, you can actually learn to build an entire Shopping API call into 1 single URL (like, in Notepad or Word) and simply paste it into your browser to get live eBay data as a response. I do it all the time to grab data on the fly for my own quick research/lookup purposes. The API call in the “step by step guide” link above includes such a URL API call. While the result’s not immediately ready for web display, it’s a great real-life example to demonstrate how to access the eBay API for beginners.

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